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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-06-02 ( 2 items )  
350.org: Global Solidarity Actions Call for the Release of Prominent Vietnamese Climate Defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong on One-Year Arrest Anniversary (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 1 -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: One year ago today Hoang Thi Minh Hong, renowned climate leader and veteran activist, was arrested in Vietnam on false charges of tax evasion. A suite of actions aimed at drawing attention to Hong's ongoing imprisonment honoring her work have taken place around the world from Taiwan, to Japan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Kenya, and the Philippines. Actio more PR

PETA: Breaking - Harvard President Glitter-Bombed at Alumni Day Event Over Grotesque Monkey Experiments (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 1 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Harvard University alumni got a sparkly surprise today when a PETA supporter, armed with a sign reading, "Harvard President Garber: End Baby Monkey Tests!" disrupted Interim President Alan Garber's Alumni Day speech with a well-timed glitter bomb, shouting, "For the baby monkeys!" before being escorted out of the event by security and arrested. The protester, Brittany Drake, has been charged with Trespass A and B a more PR